The Union County Journal from Marysville, Ohio • 1

THE UNION COUNTY JOURNAL GOES INTO A LARGE The Union Published Semi- Weekly THE UNION COUNTY JOURNAL, MAJORITY OF HOMES IN EVERY County In The Best Interests TOWN AND TOWNSHIP IN Of Union County WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR WEEK STARTING TODAY UNION COUNTY. 4429 TO GET YOUR NEWS ITEMS IN THE JOURNAL VOLUME LXX No. 24. 742 MILES RURAL ROADS FINISHED OR BEING BUILT BY OHIO HIGHWAY DEPT. Projects To Cost $9, 588,000, Employ 10,400 Men; All Are, 'Farm To Market' Routes Carrying forward its state-wide of farm-to-market roads, the Ohio of July 1, 1940, had completed or had miles of improvements on secondary This figure came from Robert S.

ways, who also estimated that the will be $9,588,000, and that average employed in carrying out this road peak employment figure being 14,589. STATE RELEASES MORE PHEASANTS FOR HUNTERS Record Release Of Ringnecks Is Slated This year the State Conservation Division will release more pheasants than any previous year in Ohio's history more than double last year's release, Conservation Commissioner Don Waters announced today. Approximately 71,000 birds be released this year. in comparison with 32,727 pheasants released last year. Spring and summer distribution of pheasants this year will be 50,000 in comparison with 26,751 released during the spring and summer of 1939.

Commenting on the more than double pheasant income, Commissioner Water's said: "The Conservation: Commission is making every effort to increase the amount of pheasants in Ohio to provide game for the ever-increasing number of hunters. In addition to the large number of pheasants released this year, we have sought by intensive improvements of habitat increasing game refuges, patch planting, and cover to also augment natural propagation. The Improvement in' natural habitat the Division and sportsmen's groups have been making this year is bound to add considerably to 1940's game crop." Thirty-five thousand pheasants are expected to be released from the Wellington and Urbana state game farms in addition to 36,000 young pheasants released 'to all sections of the state to be cared for by sportsmen's clubs, vocational agriculture students, Clubs, FFA chapters and the Division until old enough for liberatien. MRS. HENDERSON DIED ON SUNDAY Mrs.

Nettie P. 'Henderson, aged 73, died at her home at 210 North Court st. at 9:15 a. m. Sunday, of complications.

She had been bedfast for the past five months. A native of near Milford Center, she was born January 15, 1867 to George D. and Malissa Ann (Weller) Hawley, both deceased. Mr. Hawley was a native of Milford Center, and Mrs.

Hawley was born in Marysville. Mrs. Henderson was married October 14, 1886, in Marysville, to William Richey Henderson, who died' August 15, 1906. She was a member of the Marysville Methodist, Church. Surviving are two daughters, Mrs.

Lottie L. Crothers of Marysville and Mrs. Lucile O'Brien of Milford Center; a grandson, Walter L. Crothers of Columbus, and a brother, Arthur W. Hawley of Columbus.

Services will be held at 2:30 p. m. Tuesday in the Miller Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev. Edwin Swinburne. Interment will be made in Oakdale cemetery in charge of L.

H. Miller, funeral director of Marysville. The body will remain at the funeral home, where friends may call. GUERNSEY PICNIC Union Delaware Guernsey Breeders Association will hold their annual picnic at the home of Edgar Hall, one mile, south of Magnetic Springs, Friday, August 23. Basket dinner at 12:30.

Ivan McKellip of Ohio State Universitywill be the speaker. RETURNED HOME Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Raines and mother Amelia Raines, returned home after a few days visit at the home of Mr. and Mrs.

George C. Brown and son Frances of Mansfield. By U. S. Columbus Bureau GENERALLY FAIR Monday; Tuesday and Wednesday local thundershowers.

a normal temperatures, except cooler Monday night and Tuesday. MARYSVILLE, AUGUST 19, 1940. By Mail in Ohio $1.50. Out of Ohio, $2.00 Thanksgiving 21 To For Be Ohio Early According to information received 'here, Thanksgiving will be observed in Ohio early again this year. The date will be November 21.

This information is particularly important to merchants and advertisers who desire to plan their holiday merchandising and advertising campaign in advance. It will be recalled that President Roosevelt, in his proclamation of 1939, set Thanksgiving on the third Thursday, instead of the last Thursday which fell on the last day of November. Gov. John Bricker, in a similar proclamation set. the same date for last year's observance.

FARM WORK HELD MORE DANGEROUS THAN STEEL MILL Agrarian Pays 5 Times As Much For His Insurance Millworkers handling molten steel are five times less likely to be injured than the Ohio farmer, an Industrial Commission survey showed. Commission insurance rates, determined for each employment classification by its accident reclord in the previous five years, $100 for payroll this year comparshow that farmers will pay $4 to I led with 80 cents paid for commission protection for steel workers. In 1926, the survey reported, 572 injury claims were filed by farm workers, while last year 733, or more than three times as many, were reported on payrolls only 11 per cent larger, In the same period other industries imI proved safety records, The rapid mechanization of farming has added to its hazards, but according to A. D. Caddell, special commission representative, it's the 1 men and not the machines who are to blame for the rising accident toll.

The farmer lacks the supervision, safety education, and protective equipment provided for the steel worker, Caldwell' said. He; leaves his tractor in gear and is crushed by it or falls through a faulty hayloft floor. The six causes of 67 per cent of last year's farm accidents were: Hand tools, 263 injuries; falls, 241, with three fatalities; handling objects, 211; stepping on or striking objects, 182; machinery, 140, RAUSCH FAMILY TO HOLD REUNION Two hundred and twenty-ninth anniversary reunion of the Roush and Allied Families Association of America, will be held in the Community building at New Haven, W. Saturday, August 24. Many members of the Rausch family in Union County will be in attendance.

Many will go to the scene of the reunion Friday, August 23, An executive session is planned for that afternoon at 4 o'clock and at 7 o'clock the annual banquet will be held followed by a social hour. Group singing, including the song "God Bless America" and othering selections will be led by Mrs. O. C. Roush, Columbus, Ohio.

Interesting discoveries for the new history will be reported by the Rev. Lester L. Roush, Columbus, and Mrs. Julia Roush O'Melia, New Wilmington, and others. The reunion sessions arid dinner will be held in the Community building there.

All are asked to bring well filled picnic baskets. Those from remote localities will be provided for. During the day a free will offering will be taken to help defray the reunion expenses. program for improvement department of highways, as under construction 743 or connecting routes. Beightler, director of hightotal cost of the projects of 10,400 men had been improvement program, the These men from relief rolls in all counties where available, Director Beightler pointed out.

Augments Regular Program This huge program is in addition the regular farm et road. improvement schedule, which is estimated will amount to another million dollars of betterments through 1940. The farm-to-market road program is sponsored by the Ohio department of highways, with WPA aid. The mileage shown completed or under way as of July 1, does not include new bridges, bridges painted, or roadside parks. the the basis of a year's total opera- would tion employment indicate, 112,320 man-months of work.

This total would provide a payroll of $6,289,920, In addition to that payroll figure for the work under discussion by Director Beightler, about (Continued on page 2) DEVINE JOINS LAW FIRM IN COLUMBUS Sam L. Devine, Columbus, stepson of State Rep. Henry H. Metcalf, announces that he will begin the practice of law, as a member of the firm Ulrey, Metcalf and King, 44 East Broad upon beIng sworn in by the supreme court Friday. Graduated from Upper Arlington high school in 1933, letter winner in football, track and swimming, Mr.

Devine attended Colgate and Ohio State universities. He won a varsity in track in 1935 as a teammate of Jesse Owens. He was graduated from college of law, University of Notre Dame in June and was on the editorial board of Notre Dame Lawyer, legal publication. He is a member of Sigma Nu fraternity, Delta Theta Phi legal fraternity, Varsity vice president of Central Ohio Notre Dame Alumni Club, and Young Republican club. Mr.

Devine is well-known in Marysville, having been assistant manager of the Municipal Swimming Pool here during the past four summers. SALES TAX RECEIPTS CONTINUE DECREASE TREASURER REPORTS Slight decrease in sales tax receipts in Union County for the week ending August 3, 1940, as compared with the week ending August 3, 1939, is noted in the weekly report of State Treasurer Don it. Ebright. Collections the week ending August 3, amounted to $1568.50, bringing the total for the year, to date, to $41,891.99. Collections for the same periods in 1939 were $1644.81 and $41,888.37.

All counties surrounding Union, except Franklin, showed increases. Figures for these counties are as follow: Champaign, Delaware, Franklin, 302.39; Hardin, Logan, Madison, and I (Marion, $6290.03. This year, Stephen Early, secretary to President Roosevelt, has written that the President will this year designate November 21 for the national observance of Thanksgiving. Governor John W. Bricker has indicated that he will proclaim in Ohio the date selected by the President's proclamation.

The selection of the Thanksgiving date is of importances to retailers and allied industries, as it will this year permit 28 selling days for the pre-Christmas. merchandising season instead of the 22 days which a later Thanksgiving would give for the Christmas Holiday gift purchasing. does not start in any large volume until after Thanksgiving. The Saturday school holiday is universally observed as the launching date of the gift selling season. Nation-wide investigation conducted last February by the Retail Executive indicates that there was an average increase of, business in states which observed the earlier holiday of 9.5 per cent, contrasting with an average business of but 3.1 per cent in states where the later date was observed, without unfavorably affecting the November-December sale of nongift merchandise.

EMERGENCY GRAIN I LOANS AVAILABLE Emergency grain loans for 1940 are now available to farmers in Union County, and applications for these loans are now being received at Marysville, by the County Agent's Office for the Emergency Crop and Feed Loan Section of the Farm Credit Administration. These loans will be made, as in the past, only to farmers, whose cash requirements are small and who cannot obtain a loan from any other source, including production credit associations, banks or other private concerns or individuals. As in former years, the money loaned will be limited to the cant's necessary cash needs for growing 1940 winter grain crops tand in no instance may exceed Borrowers who obtain loans for the production of cash crops are. required to give as security a first lien on the crop financed. PROLONGED DROUGHT THREATENS FARM INCOME IN UNION COUNTY THIS YEAR FEDERAL ASSISTANCE FOR WILDLIFE RESTORATION TO DOUBLE FOR OHIO State To Get $102,697 In 1941, As Compared With $39,017 In 1939 And $60,498 In 1940; Grouse Areas Set Up Ohio will receive more than previous years of the program, twice as much federal money for wild game restoration and conservation in 1941 than in the two MARYSVILLE HI GRIDDERS TO MEET, PLAN FOR SEASON Coach Wenzel To Outline The Season's Program With the first meeting between Coach Paul.

Wenzel and his prospective gridders scheduled for 7 p. m. tonight in the Senior High School, building, the 1940 football season, is practically here for Marysville High. At the meeting tonight, Coach Wenzel will outline, his program for the season, and discuss training routine with his players. First practice session will be held at 8:30 a.

m. Tuesday, at which time equipment will be issued. From then on, practices will be held at 8:30 a. m. and 2 p.

m. every day until school begins. With nine lettermen back from last season, cniiludang last season, including a wellrounded backfield, Coach Wenzel is looking forward to a good season in making his coaching debut in Marysville, The team will be fast and of average weight for a high school team. The offensive will be built around a wide-open style of play, and will include plenty of tricky running formations and passes. The season will open September 13 at Delaware, and will be followed by eight tough games.

eral other central Ohio will begin practice Tuesday, since Ohio High School Athletic Association rules permit schools which did not have spring practice to start August 20. ORGANIZATION PLANS TO OPPOSE RATE INCREASE ASKED BY TELEPHONE CO. Procedure Required By Law In Filing Protest Is Outlined By Committee; Suggest Meeting Of Patrons To Campaign Plans for opposing the proposed increase in telephone rates, asked for by The United Telephone are being made by a committee being organized here at the present time. The following statement was issued by the committee, today: "In reference to the proposed increase of rates of the Telephone Company for the fit of those interested that might ENROLLMENT GAINS Freshmen week at Ohio State University will start September 25, and registrations are continuto pour into the office of the University Examiner. New enrollees include Robert Miller of Irwin.

DAUGHTER BORN DAUGHTER BORN Mr. and Mrs. James W. Harmon announce the birth of a daughter at their home in Marysville, Sunday. ICE CREAM SOCIAL An ice cream social, for the benefit of the Watkins Christian Church, will be held in Watkins at 7:30 p.

m. Friday evening, The I public is invited. County Schools to Open September of Activities tor Year Set Up Final preparations for opening of all schools in Union County, September 2, are being completed by County Supt. Gale W. Bald-, win and the various local school authorities.

Although there are a number of last-minute details to be looked after before school begins, mist of the important work is out of the way, and everyone with the sible exception of the pupils is ready to get back into harness. Fo that school officials and teachers will know how to arrange, their work from week to I week, a schedule of the now- Corn, Soybeans, Pasture Most Severely Injured; Degree Varies In Different Localities Conservation Commissioner Don Waters announced today. Next year the State will receive $102,679 in comparison with 017 in 1939 and $60,498 in 1940. With Ohio's matching fund of 25 percent State's total next year wil be $128,349. The fund will be used for the purchase and development of lands, restoration of natural environment and research to which purposes the funds are federally restricted, Commisioner Waters said.

Fifth Largest Last Year Ohio received the fifth largest amount of all the -states being topped Michigan, Texas' New York 163 and Pennsylvania $119,218, and exceeding such states as California Minnesota and Indiana. For the three year, 1939-40-41, period Ohio will receive $202,195 and with 398 matched by the state, the total amount for wildlife restoration will be $269,593. Present projects under in Ohio include, grouse management areas in southern Ohio, grouse research work, and a state-wide wildlife survey. The Conservation Commision is also arranging for (Continued on page 2) OLD TIMERS DOWN MERCHANTS, 16-5 Proving that there is still. plenty of baseball tort in them, the Old Timers baseball team easily defeated the Marysville Merchants.

16 to 5, before a large crowd at the Fair Grounds, Sunday afternoon. The Old Timers rapped out 19 hits to eight for the Merchants, during the game. Leading at the plate for the Old Timers were Al Fensel, Turner, Mathers and Holycross, with three hits each. Low and Brown each got two safeties for the Merchants. The Old Timers piled up their runs in two big innings.

They tallied two markers in the second, and then six more in the third period. They were held hitless the three runs in the seventh and five next three, innings, but scored in the eighth. The Merchants tallied two runs in the second, one in the third and two in the fourth. Brown got a triple and a double for his two hits for the Merchants while, Cleaves, Rausch, Al Fensel and Friend got doubles for the Oldsters, The: Merchants made five errors, and the Old Timers, three. Batteries, were Stillings, Holycross and 'Ertley, pitchers and Friend and Briest, catchers, for the Old Timers.

For the Merchants, Brown, Rausch and Worthlington were pitchers and Brown and Rausch caught. KIWANIANS WILL HEAR TALK ON R. O. T. C.

BY DR. DUTRO, TONIGHT Dr. John' T. Dutro, Marysville dentist and first lieutenant in the Reserve Officers' Training Corps, will speak before the Kiwanis Club. in its regular meeting at 6 p.

m. today on his experience in the recent.) reserve officers' held at Fort Knox, Ky. Dr. Dutro is a World War vet-eran and has held a rank in the R. T.

C. for many years. He is also vice president of the Kiwanis (Club. A round-table discussion is expected to follow his talk, centering around the subject of national defense. LOCAL GOVERNMENT AIDED Cheek for $733.98 was received today by County Auditor Frankings E.

Smith, The money is from the local government sales. tax receipts, and will go to the various local governments in County, HOME FROM TRIP Misses Irene and Bernette HegLenderfer and Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Hegenderfer returned home. Sunday after a visit to Buffalo, N.

Niagara Falls, and Canada. House Trailer Census Approximately 800,000 house trail. are in use in the United States Considerable reduction, in Union County is expected due soybeans and pasture have Which was planted early on the to be below average and many will probably yield half or less addition there has been damage and corn aphis. Likewise soybeans duction have been most severely FARMERS TO SEE OSU EXPERIMENTS ON VISITORS' DAY Experiment Station At University Host Sept. 5 Farms at Columbus on September 5, visitors will observe field experiments with pastures, meadows soybeans and corn.

Members of department of agricultural engineering, agronomy, and animal husbandry at the Experiment Station and the University will be hosts. The extensive revisions being made in the soil and crop management programs on the fields and pastures of the University Farm will show that the University is practicing what its representatives are preaching. Groups, of visitors assembling at nine or thereafter in the morning at the Agronomy experimental plots will examine and discuss the extensive experiments on meadow mixtures, on methods of seeding meadows, pasture management, tests of alfalfa on meadow mixtures, on methods of seeding meadows, pasture management, tests of alfalfa varieties and strains, including many Ohio grown lots, and varietal trials with old, new and promising varieties of soybeans. Ralph Bazler, Superintendent' of the University Farms, will show by colored maps and" field illustrations how the 1000 acres University Farm is being arranged for conservation and (Continued on page 2) FINAL ROUND IN GOLF LEAGUE TO START ON TUESDAY NIGHT Third and final round in the Marysville Country, Club's golf league will start Tuesday night, with Scotts playing Plain City, Professional men against The Journal, and Bankers against Nestle's. At the end of the seathe three highest teams will son, be given a dinner, by the three lowest teams.

Standings at the close of the second round of play are. Bankers, 48; Professional men, 411; Nestle Plain City, 41; Scotts, and Journal, income from many farms in to the prolonged drougth. Corn, most severely injured. Corn dark colored soils is expected fields on the lighter. type of soils of the average production.

In in some corn from chinch bugs both for hay and bean proinjured on the lighter soils. However, a good general rain at this time would do much, to improve. soybean prospects while corn is almost past the stage where rain would materially increase yields. At present the most serious problem is pasture shortage. Permanent pastures and rotation pas; tures are practically worthless for pasturing purposes with many farmers turning on second growth alfalfa and clover and even to pasturing soybeans: Progressive dairymen have been feeding hay or legume and grass silage for some time with the possibilities that this will need be continued for a considerable time.

While the pasture and crop situation is more serious in some localities than others and cannot be considered eritical providing the drougth is broken soon yet returns from livestock, feed and cash crops on many farms will almost certainly be seriously affected. 4-H YOUTH LEARN OF CONSERVATION came to Ohio's farm youth last week with boys and girls from every county in the state receiving instruction in practical wildlife preservation at Camp Ohio, the 4-H Conservation Camp, near Utica, last week. The camp was jointly sponsored by the Ohio State University Agriculture Extension Service and the State Division of Conservation. The program consisted of studies. in reforestation, conservation of soil, water and wild life, Union County in the camp by Richard Breese, a member of the Buckeye 4-H Club of Magnetic Springs, and Betty Clark, Richwood Route 2, a menbor the Claibourne -So club.

Leaders 4-H Clubs at OSU and Conservation field men gave lectures, showed motion pictures, conducted, field trips and had general charge of camp activlities. The Game Management Section of the Conservation Division, headed by A. W. Short, cooperated in the management of the camp. C.

1E. Webb, game management agent, had charge of- Thursday's activities. Keynoter of the camp was John Grierson, youthful farmer, who on "Character BuildNing through Conservation." desire to file objections thereto, it is necessary to follow the following procedure. "Upon the filing of an application for increase of rates, as filed by the United Telephone Company, notice thereof must be published for three consecutive weeks, which is being now published. a Superintendent of the Division of Investigation of the Utility Commission of Ohio shall cause an investigation to be made and -file his report within fifteen days or within such extended time as may be necessary and send a copy to the Mayor of the Village of Marysville.

"If no objections, are made to the report within sixty days after the filing of the same the Commission shall fix a day for final- hearing within ten, days thereafter. "If objections are filed with the Commission within thirty days after filing of report of the Superintendent of Investigation, the ape plication shall promptly, he set down for hearing of testimony before the Commission where testimony shall be taken, after which the Commission shall decide whether the rate shall be increased or not. "Numerous persons have stated that they desire to protest the increased rates and it has been suggested that there be called, after the report is filed, a general meeting of the patrons to formulate and carry out exceptions. SURPLUS COMMODITIES Surplus commodities consisting of 672 pounds of dried peas, and the same amount of navy beans and lard, will be distributed this week to 239 cases, comprising 928 persons. Hotel Convention Business Conventions send nearly 10,000,000 persons to hotels in the United States each year, and most hotel rooms have about 50 miscellaneous articles for guest use and comfort.

ers 4-H CLUB MEMBERS TO REPRESENT COUNTY IN STATE FAIR ARE SELECTED Clothing, Nutrition Club Girls, Livestock Boys Chosen In Series Of Judging Last Week; 35 Head Of Stock Entered Selection of 4-H Club members Springs, Martin Burns, Milford to represent. Union County at the Ohio State Junior fair, as well as clothing exhibits, has been completed during the past week. Sard Hamilton of Peoria, and Alberta Cowgill of Richweed, Route 2, will appear in the dress review on August 29, Bernice Gene Parrott, -Route 1. and Mary Kettler, Milford Center, will participate in the Clothing Judging Contest, August 28. Clarice Myers, Marysville Route 3, and Jane Stewart, Marysville Route 2, will be in the food judg: ing contest on.

August 27, and Nadine Clark, Richwood, Route 2, will compete in the home furnishjudging on the 29th. Representing the county as I demonstration teams will be Betty Ballard and Alice Stierhoff of Peoria, whose demonstration, will be on culling poultry. Alice Gabriel and Jacquelyn Kennon of Milford Center will put on a demonstration on baking custards. These two girls are under the age limit and will not be eligible to compete for state awards. Both demonstrations will be given on Thursday.

Representing the county on the livestock judging team will be Richard Breece of Magnetic Center Route 1, and either Elton Rausch, Plain City: Route 1, or Robert, Kasper, Marysville Route 2. On the dairy judging team will be Richard Boerger, Marysville 2, Richard Wells, Richwood Route 3, and either Dwight Lowry, Marysville Route 2 or Robert Route 2. Both of these contests are scheduled for August 26. Clothing exhibits entered include luncheon sets made by Lou Ann DeVoss and Alice Gabriel of Milford Center; Undergarments made by Zema Grace Herd, Raymond and Frances Rothwell of Irwin; dress for home, and play made by Marjorie Baker, Irwin; street dresses made by Mary Kettler and Ernestine Moder, Milford Center; dress up dresses made by Mary Lou Mitchell, Magnetic Springs, and Mary Louise Strawn, Milford Center; and a complete outfit made by Marjorie Luh of Raymond. A number of these girls have been successful in obtaining state and national recognition for ekhibits and participation in prevjous years and it is hoped that exhibits made this year will meet the approval of the state contest judges.

known activities has already been arranged by Mr. Baldwin, with dates for the important events already calendared. The school calendar, as it now stands, is as follows: Sept. 12-6 p.m., Annual Teach(ers' Institute. Meeting and dinner with Milton Bacon, "Goodwill Ambassador" of station WCKY, 88 speaker.

tober 2, 3, and 4 County Fair Lose two or three days. November 1 and 2 Central Ohie Teechers' Association meetring. November -American Educa- I week. November- Ohio State University psychological tests. November 28 and 29.

Thanksgiving. Lose Friday afternoon. 4, 5 end 6 First every-pupil tests. December- County declamati contest. December 20 l9 17- Christmas vacation.

Lose one week. December 30 School reconI venes. January 1- New Year's Day. January 3 and 10- -Ohio Educa(Continued on page 2).